Surveillance

Biden Administration Examining How Companies Use AI to Surveil Employees

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking public feedback on companies’ use of artificial intelligence and automated systems to monitor employees.

  • By Edward Graham

Repent Your Abuses of Eavesdropping Law, Lawmakers Tell Intel Agencies

House pols want change as agencies seek renewal of FISA’s Section 702.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Digital Authoritarianism Poses ‘Critical Threat’ to National Security, Intel Chief Says

The top U.S. intelligence official said democratic nations need to develop frameworks that “preserve, to the greatest extent, the promise” of emerging tech that could be used by repressive regimes to censor or surveil citizens.

  • By Edward Graham

CFPB Announces New Inquiry into Data Brokers

The financial regulatory agency wants to learn more about data brokers’ business operations, especially surrounding user experiences.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Chinese Spy Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison

The foreign national intended to obtain U.S. citizenship and a security clearance in order to get a federal government cybersecurity position.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Legislators Renew Efforts to Protect Consumers from an Eavesdropping Fridge

The reintroduced bill asks the Federal Trade Commission to establish disclosure guidelines for smart devices and appliances that consumers would not expect to be recording them.

  • By Kirsten Errick

Who Sees What You Flush? Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health is on the Rise, but a new Survey Reveals Many US Adults are Still Unaware

Have you ever wondered who is spying on your waste?

  • By Rochelle H. Holm, The Conversation

Chinese Firms Exporting Surveillance Tools Across the Globe, Report Says

A new report from the Atlantic Council said China is allowing government-affiliated companies to export surveillance technologies as part of an effort to expand its global influence.

  • By Edward Graham

FTC Lawsuit Spotlights a Major Privacy Risk: From Call Records to Sensors, Your Phone Reveals More About You Than You Think

You are your phone, sometimes.

  • By Susan Landau, The Conversation

Lawmakers Question DOJ’s National Security Division on Cybersecurity, Surveillance

The House Judiciary Committee raised concerns over  three hostile foreign actors that breached court systems in early 2020, in addition to questions about the surveillance of Americans.

  • By Kirsten Errick

Human Rights Advocate to Congress: Stop Federal Procurement of Commercial Spyware

The Intelligence Authorization Act, which recently cleared committee in the House, empowers—but does not require—the director of national intelligence to bar such acquisitions.

  • By Mariam Baksh

How NORAD Plans to Ward Off Cruise Missiles Fired at the US

The command has goals for 2025 and 2030, but wants more guidance from the Pentagon.

  • By Kevin Baron and Patrick Tucker

No, Submitting Junk Data to Period Tracking Apps Won’t Protect Reproductive Privacy

Reproductive privacy is not guaranteed.

  • By Zaidat Ibrahim, Katie Siek and Alexander L. Hayes, The Conversation

Browser Cookies Make People More Cautious Online, Study Finds

Browser cookies don't make people as excited actual cookies.

  • By Elizabeth Stoycheff, The Conversation
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ICE Has Assembled a 'Surveillance Dragnet' with Facial Recognition and Data, Report Says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used facial recognition to search through the driver's license photos of one in three adults in the U.S., according to a new report by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology.

  • By Natalie Alms

Data From Friends and Strangers Show Where You Are

Movement patterns of people you know contain 95% of the information needed to predict your location.

  • By Lindsey Valich, Futurity

Smart Devices Spy on You—2 Computer Scientists Explain how the Internet of Things can Violate Your Privacy

From home appliances to your vehicle, something's always watching you.

  • By Roberto Yus and Primal Pappachan, The Conversation

Moscow Retaliates as Online Giants Take Steps to Stem Disinformation

As Kremlin limits access to Twitter and Facebook, Western observers say the tech companies' moves are years late.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Click ‘Like’, Get Punished Under Pentagon’s New Anti-Extremism Policy

First update since 2012 adds rules for social-media behavior.

  • By Tara Copp

School Surveillance of Students Via Laptops May Do More Harm than Good

School laptop surveillance systems monitor students even when they’re not in school.

  • By Nir Kshetri, The Conversation

Facebook Can Sue Israel’s NSO Group, Appeals Court Says

The case against the NSO Group appears to scratch the surface of problematic commercial hacking tools sold at arms markets, which the U.S. government has only just begun trying to control.

  • By Mariam Baksh